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W-Series 4
Experimental manufacturing satellite by Varda Space Industries featuring a reentry capsule. W-Series 4 was launched on June 23, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jun 4, 2026).
COSPAR 2025-135RNORAD 64543United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- W-4
- Common name
- W-Series 4
- Payload designation
- W-Series 4
- International designator
- 2025-135R
- NORAD catalog number
- 64543
- GCAT identifier
- S64543
Mission
- Mission type
- Microgravity
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Varda
- Owner
- Varda Space
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Varda Space Industries
- Platform (bus)
- VW
Launch
- Date
- June 23, 2025 · 21:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-135Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 508 km
- Apogee
- 512 km
- Inclination
- 97.45°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- June 4, 2026
- Last known active
- May 10, 2026
- End of operations
- May 10, 2026
Size
- Mass
- 250 kg
- Dry mass
- 55 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 300 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 1.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q135191689 (CC0).